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'{{TOC right}} The following is a list of '''notable deaths in January 2012'''. Entries for each day are listed <u>alphabetically</u> by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: *Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not [[English language|English]]). <!-- =============Please read before adding a name to this list============= Only those meeting the [[Wikipedia:Notability (people)|Wikipedia notability]] guidelines are listed, with a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. If there is not already a Wikipedia article for the person, please reconsider if the person is actually notable, or consider writing one yourself. NOTE: Causes of death such as "old age" and "natural causes" should not be cited unless stated in the reference. The intent of these pages is to report notable deaths. Tragic deaths, while unfortunate, do not necessarily make the deceased "notable". If you report the death of someone who does not already have a Wikipedia article, please consider starting one, provided the person is notable, with other third-party sources than the obituary. Alphabetical order please. Please avoid [[WP:OVERLINK]]ing. Therefore, do not wikilink nationalities, common occupations, or common causes of death, instead only adding "links that aid navigation and understanding". Thank you. =============Please read before adding a name to this list=============---> ==January 2012== <!-- Please note that, by consensus, expiring months are not collapsed until seven days of the new month have elapsed. --> ===[[January 31|31]]=== *[[Stefano Angeleri]], 85, Italian footballer and coach. [http://www.ilgiorno.it/bergamo/cronaca/2012/01/31/661714-addio_stefano_angeleri.shtml] (Italian) *[[Mani Ram Bagri]], 91, Indian politician. [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120201/haryana.htm#3] *[[Everardus Antonius M. Baaij]], 90, Dutch-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aliwal|Aliwal]] (1973–1981). [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbaaij.html] *[[Rick Behenna]], 51, American baseball player ([[Atlanta Braves]], [[Cleveland Indians]]), cancer. [http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/48afa3a71fa4482e997dcfebd0e1b728/BBO--Obit-Behenna/] *[[Anthony Bevilacqua]], 88, Roman Catholic Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] (1988–2003). [http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/138458684.html] * [[Leslie Carter]], 25, American singer and reality star (''[[House of Carters]]''), sister of [[Nick Carter (musician)|Nick]] and [[Aaron Carter]], drug overdose. [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/leslie-carter-overdosed-influence-drugs-police-report/story?id=15498831] *[[Fabián Estapé]], 88, Spanish economist. [http://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20120201/54248159851/muere-fabian-estape.html] (Spanish) *[[Felicia Eze]], 37, Nigerian Olympic footballer. [http://www.kickoff.com/news/26850/the-nff-sends-condolences-to-the-family-of-the-late-felicia-eze.php] *[[Juan Carlos Gené]], 82, Argentine actor and playwright. [http://www.infonews.com/2012/01/31/espectaculos-8810-murio-el-actor-y-dramaturgo-juan-carlos-gene.php] (Spanish) *[[Siddika Kabir]], 80, Bangladeshi teacher, television show host and cookbook author. [http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=35504] *[[Petros Karatroupkos]], 82, Greek-born Zambian [[Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Orthodox]] hierarch, Bishop of [[Zambia]] (2001–2003). [http://users.sch.gr/markmarkou/2012/koim2012.htm#02] (Greek) *[[Masayuki Kawakatsu]], 55, Japanese writer and editor, house fire. [http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/news/20120131k0000e040160000c.html] (Japanese) *[[Mike Kelley (artist)|Mike Kelley]], 57, American artist and musician ([[Destroy All Monsters (band)|Destroy All Monsters]]), suicide. [http://www.galleristny.com/2012/02/mike-kelley-has-died/] (body found on this date) *[[Bob LaPointe]], 66, American high school and college football head coach. [http://www.heritage.com/articles/2012/02/04/sports/doc4f2c65574a3f4251879135.txt] *[[Sid Ottewell]], 92, English footballer ([[Nottingham Forest F.C.]]). [http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10308~2596457,00.html] *[[Antonio Segura]], 64, Spanish comics writer. [http://www.levante-emv.com/cultura/2012/02/01/fallece-64-anos-guionista-valenciano-comics-antonio-segura/877615.html] (Spanish) *[[King Stitt]], 71, Jamaican singer, complications from prostate cancer and diabetes. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/king-stitt-jamaican-pioneer-in-rap-reggae-dies-at-72-after-battle-with-prostate-cancer/2012/01/31/gIQAntkifQ_story.html] *[[Dorothea Tanning]], 101, American surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor. [http://www.galleristny.com/2012/02/dorothea-tanning-surrealist-painter-and-poet-dies-at-101/] *[[Kelly Timilty]], 49, American politician, member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]] (1992–2012). [http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/01/kelly-timilty-long-time-member-governor-council-died-today/EHO4uvJPlrlt2Zf9F8TrLN/index.html] ===[[January 30|30]]=== *[[Eladio Acosta Arteaga]], 95, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia|Santa Fe de Antioquia]] (1988–1992). [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bacoart.html] *[[Frank Aschenbrenner]], 86, German-born American football player ([[Chicago Rockets|Chicago Hornets]], [[Montreal Alouettes]]). [http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/campus/former-rose-bowl-mvp-aschenbrenner-dies-1.2696078#.TzDOXMhfenA] *[[Don Blenkarn]], 81, Canadian politician, MP for [[Peel South|Mississauga]] (1972–1974) and [[Mississauga South]] (1979–1993). [http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2012-02-02/Local_News/Former_MP_Blenkarn_dies.html] *[[Helmi Höhle]], 87, German Olympic fencer. [http://www.fr-online.de/offenbach/nachrichten,1472856,11570854.html] (German) *[[Bruce Howard (TV writer)|Bruce Howard]], 86, American television writer (''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'', ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', ''[[Good Times]]''), natural causes. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049580] *[[Abdelhamid Mehri]], 85, Algerian resistance fighter and politician. [http://www.elwatan.com/actualite/abdelhamid-mehri-est-decede-lundi-a-alger-30-01-2012-157001_109.php] (French) *[[Toshio Kuze]], 81, Japanese psychologist ([[Nagoya University]]), multiple organ failure. [http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2012013000903] (Japanese) *[[Doeschka Meijsing]], 64, Dutch novelist. [http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/01/doeschka_meijsing_dies_at_64.php] *[[Dick Nochimson]], 91, American basketball player ([[Washington Brewers]], [[Paterson Crescents]]). [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=Dick-Nochimson&pid=155741059] *[[Al Rio]], 49, Brazilian comic book artist, suicide by hanging. [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/01/31/al-rio-passes/] *[[Michael D. Ryan]], 66, American jurist, [[List of Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court|Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court]] (2002–2010), apparent heart attack. [http://www.kswt.com/story/16636478/retired-arizona-supreme-court-justice-dies] *[[Deaths of Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro|Lawrence J. Shapiro]], 79, American physician, homicide. [http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/02/01/20120201paradise-valley-police-call-death-homicide-brk.html] *[[Frederick Treves (actor)|Frederick Treves]], 86, British actor. [http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn030212120012-frederick-treves-1925.html] *[[Samuel S. Vaughan]], 83, American publishing executive ([[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]) and author, stroke. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/samuel-s-vaughan-book-publisher-dies-at-83.html] ===[[January 29|29]]=== *[[Mónica Agudelo]], 55, Colombian journalist and writer. [http://www.eltiempo.com/entretenimiento/tv/murio-la-libretista-monica-agudelo-esta-manana-en-bogota_11023442-4] (Spanish) *[[Aloizs Blonskis]], 78, Latvian police general and politician. [http://www.kasjauns.lv/lv/zinas/70980/muziba-aizgajis-generalis-aloizs-blonskis] (Latvian) *[[Sally Birdsong]], 91, American actress (''[[The Toy (1982 film)|The Toy]]'') and make-up artist. [http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=Sara-Birdsong&pid=155734483] *[[Damien Bona]], 56, American journalist, writer and film historian, heart attack. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/movies/damien-bona-creator-of-inside-oscar-dies-at-56.html] *[[John H. Davis (author)|John H. Davis]], 82, American author, Alzheimer's disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/arts/john-h-davis-chronicler-of-kennedys-and-others-dies-at-82.html?ref=obituaries] *[[Ranjit Singh Dyal]], 83, Indian Army general. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Lt-Gen-Ranjit-Singh-Dyal/articleshow/11741091.cms] *[[Predrag Dragić]], 66, Serbian writer. [http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/Preminuo-Predrag-R-Dragic-Kijuk.sr.html] (Serbian) *[[Nijaz Duraković]], 63, Bosnian author and politician. [http://www.sarajevo-x.com/bih/drustvo/nijaz-durakovic-sahranjen-uz-najvise-pocasti-foto-video/120131107/#] (Serbian) *[[François Migault]], 67, French racing driver. [http://www.lequipe.fr/Sport-auto/Actualites/Francois-migault-n-est-plus/259717] (French) *[[Keiko Mure]], 82, Japanese poet, stroke. [http://mainichi.jp/select/person/news/20120131k0000m060026000c.html] (Japanese) *[[Kell Osborne]], 72, American singer. [http://www.soul-source.co.uk/_/soul-news/kell-osborne-passes-on-r2343] *[[Poul Trier Pedersen]], 90, Danish journalist and writer. [http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2012/01/29/135204.htm] (Danish) *[[Goody Petronelli]], 88, American boxing trainer and manager ([[Marvin Hagler]]).[http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-31/sports/31006716_1_leonard-fight-hagler-trainer-tony-petronelli] *[[John Rich (director)|John Rich]], 86, American television director (''[[All in the Family]], [[Benson (TV series)|Benson]], [[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]''), heart failure. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-rich-director-tv-show-all-family-dga-285515] *[[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]], 93, Italian politician, [[Italian Minister of the Interior|Minister of the Interior]] (1983–1987); [[President of Italy|President]] (1992–1999) and [[Italian Senate|Lifetime Senator]] (since 1999). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9050217/Oscar-Luigi-Scalfaro.html] *[[Gabriel Lawrence Sengol]], 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli|Tiruchirapalli]] (1990–1997). [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsengol.html] *[[Camilla Williams]], 92, American opera singer, complications from cancer. [http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2012/01/30/camilla_williams_black_opera_pioneer_dies_at_92/] ===[[January 28|28]]=== *[[Curt Alchin]], 44, South African racing car driver, racing accident. [http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/motorsport/black-weekend-for-sa-motorsport-1.1222812] *[[Diana Bliss]], 57, Australian public relations consultant and theatre producer, wife of [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond]]. [http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/alan-bond-finds-lifeless-body-of-wife-di-bliss/story-e6frg15c-1226256443658] *[[Joseph Curran (basketball)|Joseph Curran]], 89, American college basketball coach ([[Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball|Canisius]]). [http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7521551/former-canisius-golden-griffins-basketball-coach-joseph-curran-dies-89] *[[Don Fullmer]], 72, American boxer, [[lymphoid leukemia]]. [http://www.greenwichtime.com/sports/article/Ex-boxer-Don-Fullmer-dies-in-Utah-at-72-2818626.php] *[[Keriman Halis Ece]], 98, Turkish beauty pageant queen, pianist and fashion model, [[Miss Turkey]] 1932. [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-first-miss-world-dies-at-age-99.aspx?pageID=238&nID=12575&NewsCatID=376] *[[Roman Juszkiewicz]], 59, Polish astrophysicist. [http://m.wyborcza.pl/wyborcza/1,105226,11051828,Zmarl_wybitny_kosmolog.html] (Polish) *[[Steven Leiber]], 54, American dealer and collector of art ephemera, brain cancer.[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/arts/design/steven-leiber-dealer-in-artists-ephemera-dies-at-54.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries] *[[Vlado Oláh]], 64, Czech poet and philosopher. [http://www.praguepost.com/blogs/books/2012/01/30/romani-poet-vlado-olah-1947-2012/] *[[Don Starkell]], 79, Canadian adventurist and author. [http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/30/great-canadian-adventurer-don-starkell-takes-his-final-paddle/] *[[Tatsuo Tomobe]], 83, Japanese politician. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120204b6.html] ===[[January 27|27]]=== *[[Tom Campbell (Canadian politician)|Tom Campbell]], 84, Canadian politician, [[List of mayors of Vancouver|Mayor of Vancouver]] (1967–1972). [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/controversial-vancouver-mayor-tom-campbell-dies/article2326018/] *[[Jeannette Hamby]], 78, American politician, [[Oregon State Senate|Oregon State Senator]] (1983–1999), stroke complications and cancer. [http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2012/01/jeannette_hamby_five-time_legi.html] *[[Milan Jungmann]], 90, Czech literary critic and translator. [http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/zpravy/v-patek-zemrel-literarni-kritik-milan-jungmann/747345] (Czech) *[[Dzhamaleim Mutaliyev]], 35, Russian rebel leader, shot. [http://en.rian.ru/crime/20120127/170984311.html] *[[Richard K. Olney]], 64, American physician and pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us/dr-richard-k-olney-als-researcher-dies-at-64.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=obituaries&adxnnlx=1328468415-Krcl4udvrc55sD2hjHXphQ] *[[István Rózsavölgyi]], 82, Hungarian 1500-metre runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), heart problems. [http://www.nepszava.hu/articles/article.php?id=515009#null] (Hungarian) *[[Juan Sarrachini]], 65, Argentine footballer. [http://www.diarioinformacion.com/hercules-cf/2012/01/27/fallece-juan-sarrachini-jugador-hercules/1216869.html] (Spanish) *[[Kazimierz Smoleń]], 91, Polish museum director and Auschwitz survivor. [http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/national_world&id=8519510] *[[Pavel Vancea]], 47, Romanian [[karate]]ka, World Champion (1993), suicide by hanging. [http://www.bucharestherald.com/dailyevents/41-dailyevents/29952-shock-in-the-world-of-sports-pavel-vancea-former-world-karate-champion-kills-himself] *[[Kevin White (mayor)|Kevin White]], 82, American politician, [[List of mayors of Boston|Mayor of Boston]] (1968–1984). [http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/01/former-mayor-kevin-hagan-white-dies/oSJ3m6JlbwXLQOg4UbUMaM/index.html] ===[[January 26|26]]=== *[[Ian Abercrombie]], 77, British actor (''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)|Birds of Prey]]''). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ian-abercrombie-dies-seinfeld-elaine-boss-285386] *[[Dimitra Arliss]], 79, American actress (''[[The Sting]], [[General Hospital]], [[Xanadu (film)|Xanadu]]''), complications from a stroke. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/01/28/state/n120738S06.DTL#ixzz1kmoTWMep] *[[Iggy Arroyo]], 60, Filipino politician, [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Representative]] from the [[Legislative districts of Negros Occidental#5th District|5th District of Negros Occidental]] (since 2004), cardiac arrest. [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2012/01/26/arroyo-brother-dies-cardiac-arrest-202666] *[[Alfredo Avelín]], 84, Argentine politician, Governor of [[San Juan Province, Argentina|San Juan]] (1999–2002), multiple organ failure. [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-186293-2012-01-26.html] (Spanish) *[[Kandi Barbour]], 56, American pornographic actress. [http://news.avn.com/articles/Kandi-Barbour-Classic-Adult-Star-Found-Dead-in-San-Francisco-463771.html] *[[Joseph Brooks (executive)|Joseph Brooks]], 84, American retail executive ([[Lord and Taylor]]), leukemia. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/joseph-brooks-who-refined-lord-taylor-dies-at-84.html] *[[Bud Byerly]], 91, American baseball player ([[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Cincinnati Reds]]). [http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/former-cardinals-pitcher-eldred-byerly-dies-at/article_5f46fd68-edac-5b41-bc52-d0704b01a3a1.html] *[[Greg Cook]], 65, American football player ([[Cincinnati Bengals]]), complications from pneumonia. [http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/sports/former-bengals-star-qb-greg-cook-in-intensive-care] *[[Kartar Singh Duggal]], 94, Indian writer. [http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=749172] *[[Alex Eadie]], 91, British politician, [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|MP]] for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]] (1966–1992). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9042346/Alex-Eadie.html] *[[M. O. H. Farook]], 74, Indian politician and diplomat, [[List of Governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]] (since 2011). [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2834933.ece] *[[Clare Fischer]], 83, American composer. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16756139] *[[Robert Hegyes]], 60, American actor (''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''; ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''), heart attack. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2012/01/robert_hegyes_juan_epstein_of.html] *[[Seui Laau]], 69, American Samoan politician and [[American Samoa Senate|Senator]]. [http://www.samoanews.com/?q=node/2489] *[[Roberto Mieres]], 87, Argentine racing driver. [http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201] <!--N-->*[[Miguel Nazar Haro]], 87, Mexican intelligence chief, head of the [[Dirección Federal de Seguridad]] (1978–1982). [http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-30/news/31006063_1_miguel-nazar-haro-disappearances-federal-security-directorate] *[[Colin Tarrant]], 59, English actor (''[[The Bill]]''). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9047330/Colin-Tarrant-dies-aged-59.html] <!--T-->*[[Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver]], 86, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce|Ponce]] (1964–2000). [http://www.primerahora.com/muereobispoemeritodeponcejuanfremiottorresoliver-607064.html] (Spanish) ===[[January 25|25]]=== *[[Alfred Ball|Sir Alfred Ball]], 91, British air marshal. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/9062688/Air-Marshal-Sir-Alfred-Ball.html] *[[Paavo Berglund]], 82, Finnish conductor. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9052493/Paavo-Berglund.html] *[[Veronica Carstens]], 88, German [[List of spouses of German presidents and chancellors|First Lady]] (1979–1984). [http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/dr-veronica-carstens-ist-gestorben-1.2685741] (German) *[[Carlos Escarrá]], 57, Venezuelan politician, Attorney General (since 2011), heart attack. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46136165/ns/world_news-americas/t/venezuelas-attorney-general-carlos-escarra-dies/#.TzX2DIErN6I] *[[Emil Hossu]], 70, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. [http://www.gandul.info/magazin/a-murit-actorul-emil-hossu-9175592] (Romanian) *[[Dick Kniss]], 74, American bassist ([[Peter, Paul and Mary]]; [[The John Denver Band]]), pulmonary disease. [http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Peter-Paul-and-Mary-bassist-Dick-Kniss-dies-at-74-2753122.php] *[[Mabel Manzotti]], 73, Argentine actress (''[[Besos en la Frente]]'', ''[[Vidas robadas]]''), complications from a stroke. [http://www.infonews.com/2012/01/25/espectaculos-8090-a-los-73-anos-murio-la-actriz-mabel-manzotti.php] (Spanish) *[[Len McIntyre]], 78, British rugby league player. [http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.aspx?id=6747&type=news] *[[Andrew MacNaughtan]], 47, Canadian photographer. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/01/27/arts-macnaughtan.html] *[[Mark Reale]], 56, American heavy metal guitarist ([[Riot (band)|Riot]]), [[Crohn's disease]]. [http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/01/26/mark-reale-dead/] * [[Nick Santino (actor)|Nick Santino]], 47, American actor (''[[All My Children]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]])'', suicide by overdose. [http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/soap-opera-actor-nick-santino-commits-suicide-at-47--2012281] <!--S-->*[[Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans]], 91, American heiress and philanthropist. [http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/jan/25/1/mary-semans-uncsa-ar-1855983/] *[[Robert Sheran]], 96, American politician and judge. [http://www.twincities.com/ci_19829021] *[[Kosta Tsonev]], 82, Bulgarian actor. [http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=136074] *[[Jean Wells]], 56, American game designer. [http://www.beloitdailynews.com/obituaries/oeva-jeana-koebernick/article_b1a5b082-490d-11e1-bdc4-001871e3ce6c.html] *[[Alexander Zhitinsky]], 71, Russian writer. [http://lenta.ru/news/2012/01/25/zhitinsky/] (Russian) ===[[January 24|24]]=== *[[Kurt Adolff]], 90, German racing driver. [http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Kurt_Adolff] *[[Theodoros Angelopoulos]], 76, Greek film director, hit by motorcycle. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/24/filmmaker-theo-angelopoulos-dies-accident] *[[Sukumar Azhikode]], 85, Indian writer, critic, and orator, cancer. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2827834.ece] *[[James C. Bliss]], 78, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?n=james-c-bliss&pid=155655881&eid=sp_shareobit] *[[James Farentino]], 73, American actor (''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Melrose Place (1992 TV series)|Melrose Place]]''), [[sequelae]] from hip fracture. [http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/02/10304022-death-certificate-james-farentino-died-of-broken-hip] *[[J. Joseph Garrahy]], 81, American politician, [[List of Governors of Rhode Island|Governor of Rhode Island]] (1977–1985). [http://www.abc6.com/story/16597393/former-ri-governor-j-joseph-garrahy-passes-away] *[[Vadim Glowna]], 70, German actor and film director. [http://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/glowna100.html] (German) *[[Carolina Isakson Proctor]], 81, Colombian First Lady (1986–1990). [http://www.eltiempo.com/gente/carolina-isakson-de-barco-pionera-del-programa-madres-comunitarias_11033082-4] (Spanish) *[[Delma Kollar]], 114, American supercentenarian, one of the [[List of the verified oldest people|100 verified oldest people ever]]. [http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/27511083-55/kollar-oldest-born-person-1897.html.csp] *[[Moira Milton]], 88, Scottish amateur golfer. [http://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/moira_milton_the_modest_champion_passes_away_1_2081339] *[[Stan Mitchell]], 67, American football player ([[Miami Dolphins]]). [http://www.dnj.com/article/20120124/SPORTS/120124011] *[[Patricia Neway]], 92, American operatic soprano and [[Tony Award]]-winning musical theatre actress ''([[The Sound of Music]])''. [http://broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Award-Winner-Patricia-Neway-Dies-at-92-20120128#] *[[W. Allen Pepper Jr.|W. Allen Pepper, Jr.]], 70, American federal judge for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi|Northern District of Mississippi]] (since 1999), heart attack. [http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20120124/NEWS01/120124028/Federal-judge-W-Allen-Pepper-Jr-dies] *[[Stig Sæterbakken]], 46, Norwegian writer. [http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/01/25/kultur/litteratur/bok/19937861/] (Norwegian) *[[Pierre Sinibaldi]], 87, French footballer and manager. [http://www.planete-asm.fr/actualite/9168-anciens-disparition-de-pierre-sinibaldi.html] (French) *[[Norio Yamada]], 89, Japanese novelist, acute heart failure. [http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/120127/bks12012719130000-n1.htm] (Japanese) ===[[January 23|23]]=== * [[David Atkinson (politician)|David Atkinson]], 71, British politician, [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|MP]] for [[Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth East]] (1977–2005), bowel cancer. [http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9487480.Former_Bournemouth_East_MP_David_Atkinson_dies/] * [[Amal Bose]], 75, Bangladeshi actor. [http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=216665&cid=2] * [[Wesley E. Brown]], 104, American federal judge for the [[United States District Court for the District of Kansas|District Court for Kansas]] (since 1962). [http://www.kansas.com/2012/01/24/2187734/federal-judge-wesley-brown-dies.html] * [[Anthony Capo]], 52, American mobster-turned-informant ([[DeCavalcante crime family]]), heart attack. [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mob_rat_squeals_no_more_vlb6eXWHfuGP5RKguztLbL] * [[Marge Carey]], 73, British union leader, President of [[USDAW]] (1997–2006), motor neurone disease. [http://www.usdaw.org.uk/newsevents/news/2012/jan/margecary.aspx] * [[Yardena Cohen]], 101, Israeli dancer and choreographer. [http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,720,209,65941,.aspx] (Hebrew) * [[Marcel De Boodt]], 85, Belgian academic. [http://vercruysse.lin2.nucleus.be/documenten/2012/marcel_deboodt.pdf] (Dutch) * [[Erik Haaest]], 76, Danish journalist and author. [http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/ECE1519773/statsstoettet-dansk-holocaustbenaegter-er-doed/] (Danish) * [[Sadahiro Kojima]], 60, Japanese racehorse trainer. [http://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2012/01/24/kiji/K20120124002495160.html] (Japanese) * [[Charla Krupp]], 58, American author, breast cancer. [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46107175/ns/today-books/#.Tx4QaIHWxvZ] * [[Maurice Meisner]], 80, American historian. [http://host.madison.com/news/local/obituaries/meisner-maurice/article_f84cbb0a-47a2-11e1-b9d3-0019bb2963f4.html] * [[Miloš Pojar]], 71, Czech author and diplomat. [http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/24/3091332/milos-pojar-post-communist-czechoslovakias-first-envoy-to-israel-dies] * [[Bingham Ray]], 57, American independent film executive, complications from strokes. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049032] * [[Gerhard Schröder (television executive)|Gerhard Schröder]], 90, German television executive. [http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Frueherer-NDR-Intendant-Gerhard-Schroeder-gestorben.77645.0.html] (German) *[[Slacker (producer)|Slacker]], British electronic music producer. [http://www.skintentertainment.com/news/loaded/rip-shem-mccauley-slacker] *[[Stig Vig]], 63, Swedish singer ([[Dag Vag]]). [http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/stig-vig-har-avlidit] (Swedish) ===[[January 22|22]]=== *[[Massimo Baistrocchi]], 69, Italian diplomat and writer, Ambassador to Namibia (2001–2004), heart attack. [http://allafrica.com/stories/201201240697.html] *[[Rita Gorr]], 85, Belgian opera singer. [http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/the-mezzo-rita-gorr-has-died-aged-85] *[[André Green]], 84, French psychoanalyst. [http://www.liberation.fr/societe/01012385273-deces-du-psychanalyste-andre-green] (French) *[[Jim Irwin (sportscaster)|Jim Irwin]], 77, American sportscaster ([[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ]]), voice of the [[Green Bay Packers]], complications from kidney cancer. [http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/137903348.html] *[[Moisés Kaiman]], 97, Polish-born Mexican rabbi. [http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=557008] (Spanish) *[[Simon Marsden|Sir Simon Marsden]], 63, British photographer. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9067498/Sir-Simon-Marsden-Bt.html] *[[Andy Musser]], 74, American sportscaster ([[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[Philadelphia 76ers]]). [http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sportsinq/137925412.html] *[[Katsurō Nakamura]], 86, Japanese doctor, pneumonia. [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/book/news/20120123-OYT8T00564.htm?from=popin] (Japanese) *[[Joe Paterno]], 85, American college football coach ([[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State Nittany Lions]]), lung cancer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/joe-paterno-longtime-penn-state-coach-dies-at-85.html] *[[Bruce Riutta]], 67, American Olympic ice hockey player, complications from heart surgery. [http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20120125/GPG0209/120125131/Former-Bobcats-hockey-star-Ashwaubenon-coach-Riutta-dies-67?odyssey=mod] *[[Pierre Sudreau]], 92, French politician, inspired ''[[The Little Prince]]''. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pierre-sudreau-politician-and-hero-of-the-resistance-6534514.html] *[[Clarence Tillenius]], 98, Canadian artist and conservationist. [http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Wildlife+painter+Tillenius+dies/6047157/story.html] *[[Dick Tufeld]], 85, American voice actor and announcer, voice of [[Robot B-9]] on ''[[Lost in Space]]''. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-tufeld-20120125,0,7332046.story] ===[[January 21|21]]=== * [[Daniel Alba]], 71, Mexican Olympic wrestler. [http://www.oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/notas/n2399212.htm] (Spanish) <!--A-->* [[Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah]], 68, Kuwaiti royal, diplomat and politician. [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2012/January/middleeast_January582.xml&section=middleeast&col=] * [[Toyomi Arai]], 76, Japanese poet, respiratory failure. [http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0122/TKY201201210611.html] (Japanese) * [[J. R. Boone]], 86, American football player ([[Chicago Bears]]). [http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/sports&id=8516348] * [[Cliff Chambers]], 90, American baseball player. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/idahostatesman/obituary.aspx?n=clifford-day-chambers&pid=155616058] * [[Vincenzo Consolo]], 78, Italian writer. [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/p5E38v/428390/Der-Sizilianer.html] * [[Emmanuel Cooper]], 73, British potter and writer. [http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/144280/cooper-emmanuel] * [[Antal Czettler]], 87, Hungarian historian. [http://index.hu/tudomany/tortenelem/2012/01/24/meghalt_czettler_antal_tortenesz] (Hungarian) * [[Ernie Gregory]], 90, English footballer. [http://www.whufc.com/articles/20120121/ernie-gregory-1921-2012_2236884_2584638] * [[Gerre Hancock]], 77, American organist. [http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/culture-club/organist-gerre-hancock-dies-at/article_c7faf34a-44be-11e1-968b-001a4bcf6878.html] *[[Jonathan Idema]], 55, American con artist, complications from AIDS. [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/25/2957794/fayetteville-con-man-reportedly.html] * [[Eiko Ishioka]], 72, Japanese art director and designer, pancreatic cancer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/arts/design/eiko-ishioka-designer-dies-at-73.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries] * [[Irena Jarocka]], 65, Polish singer. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/znana-piosenkarka-irena-jarocka-nie-zyje,1,5004826,wiadomosc.html] (Polish) *[[Doug Long (American football)|Doug Long]], 56, American football player ([[Seattle Seahawks]]), cancer. [http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jan/26/whitworth-football-great-long-dies/] *[[Una Mulzac]], 88, American bookseller. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/nyregion/una-mulzac-harlem-bookseller-with-a-passion-for-black-politics-dies-at-88.html?_r=1] *[[Salma Mumtaz]], 85, Pakistani actress, diabetes. [http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/others/veteran-actress-salma-mumtaz-passes-away-853] <!-- T -->*[[Tang Xiaodan]], 101, Chinese film director. [http://www.9abc.net/index.php/archives/72656] *[[Jodie-Anne White]], 44, Australian dancer and choreographer, artistic director of the [[Ballet Theatre of Queensland]], cancer. [http://tributes.couriermail.com.au/obituaries/couriermail-au/obituary.aspx?n=jodie-white-bivona&pid=155624570&fhid=12251] *[[Slavko Ziherl]], 66, Slovenian psychiatrist and politician. [http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/umrl-je-slavko-ziherl.html] (Slovenian) ===[[January 20|20]]=== *[[John F. Baker, Jr.]], 66, American [[Medal of Honor]] recipient. [http://www.webcitation.org/64tGfIKOm] *[[Larry Butler (producer)|Larry Butler]], 69, American music producer. [http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2012/01/20/larry-butler-grammy-winning-producer-dies-at-69/] *[[Peter Collins Dorsey]], 80, American federal judge. [http://articles.courant.com/2012-01-21/news/hc-dorsey-0121-20120121_1_senior-judge-federal-judge-fine-judge] *[[Lucy Faulkner]], 87, Northern Irish journalist, widow of [[Brian Faulkner]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16676104] *[[Etta James]], 73, American blues vocalist ("[[At Last]]"), leukemia. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/20/showbiz/etta-james-obit/index.html] *[[Nikhat Kazmi]], 53, Indian film critic, breast cancer. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/TOI-film-critic-Nikhat-Kazmi-passes-away/articleshow/11576166.cms] *[[Ioannis Kefalogiannis]], 79, Greek politician, [[Hellenic Parliament|MP]] (1958–1964; 1974–2004) and [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Minister of the Interior]] (1992–1993). [http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231146534] (Greek) *[[John Levy (musician)|John Levy]], 99, American jazz double-bassist and manager. [http://www.eurweb.com/2012/01/we-remember-john-levy-manager-to-nancy-wilson-and-other-jazz-notables-dies-at-99/] *[[Jeffrey Ntuka]], 26, South African football player, stabbed. [http://www.supersport.com/football/south-africa/news/120121/Former_Bafana_defender_dies] *[[Mario Pastega]], 95, American businessman and philanthropist. [http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/pastega-never-quit-working-for-community-he-loved/article_1ab2efac-43a7-11e1-9d6b-0019bb2963f4.html] *[[Jiří Raška]], 70, Czech ski jumper, Olympic gold medalist ([[1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]), heart disease. [http://espn.go.com/olympics/skijumping/story/_/id/7482636/jiri-raska-1968-olympic-ski-jumping-champ-dies] *[[Margaret Renwick]], 88, Canadian politician. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-renwick-price&pid=155726445] *[[Alejandro Rodriguez (psychiatrist)|Alejandro Rodriguez]], 93, American psychiatrist and academic. [http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jan/25/palm-city-man-known-for-child-psychology-studies/] *[[Robert Fortune Sanchez]], 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, [[Archbishop of Santa Fe]] (1977–1993), Alzheimer's disease. [http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Archbishop-Robert-Sanchez-has-died] *[[Dudley Thompson]], 95, Jamaican politician and diplomat. [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120121/lead/lead3.html] *[[Ioan Ursuț]], 53, Romanian criminal and serial escapist, suicide by hanging. [http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14242302.ab] (Swedish) *[[Phillip Vannatter]], 70, American police investigator ([[O. J. Simpson murder case]]), cancer. [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-philip-vannatter-20120123,0,6123682.story] *[[Michael Welsh (Labour politician)|Michael Welsh]], 85, English politician, Member of Parliament (1979–1992). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mick-welsh-miner-and-politician-who-fought-for-greater-safety-in-britains-pits-6298089.html] *[[George Zecevic]], 75, Yugoslavian-born American film producer (''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''). [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049333?refCatId=13] ===[[January 19|19]]=== * [[Yedda Alves]], 83, Brazilian actress. [http://www.rd1audiencia.com/televisao/morre-aos-83-anos-a-atriz-yedda-alves-de-aquele-beijo/] (Portuguese) * [[Peter Åslin]], 49, Swedish Olympic bronze medal-winning ([[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]) ice hockey player, stroke. [http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/article14239076.ab] (Swedish) * [[Giancarlo Bigazzi]], 71, Italian singer. [http://musica.lospettacolo.it/2012/01/19/giancarlo-bigazzi-morte-addio-squallor-gloria/] (Italian) * [[Omar Brebesh]], 62, Libyan diplomat, tortured. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095942/Omar-Brebesh-diplomat-loyal-Gaddafi-dies-hands-Libyan-rebels.html?ito=feeds-newsxml] * [[Sarah Burke]], 29, Canadian freestyle skier, world champion (2005), cardiac arrest following skiing accident. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120119/sarah-burke-dies.ap/] * [[Stella Cunliffe]], 95, British statistician. [http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Tributes-amazing-Stella-Cunliffe/story-15040511-detail/story.html] * [[Rudi van Dantzig]], 78, Dutch choreographer. [http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4512/Cultuur/article/detail/3128956/2012/01/19/Choreograaf-Rudi-van-Dantzig-overleden.dhtml] (Dutch) * [[Giovanni De Andrea]], 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Vice-President of [[Labour Office of the Apostolic See]] (1989–2007). [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeand.html] * [[Peter de Francia]], 90, British artist. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jan/23/peter-de-francia] * [[Anthony Gonsalves]], 84, Indian film music composer. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Music-legend-Anthony-Gonsalves-no-more/Article1-799209.aspx] * [[Colonel Stone Johnson]], 93, American civil rights activist. [http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/01/birmingham_civil_rights_activi.html] *[[Beverly McDermott]], 83, American casting director (''[[Airport 77]]'', ''[[Cocoon: The Return]]'', ''[[Lenny (film)|Lenny]]''). [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hollywood/fl-obit-beverly-mcdermott-20120120,0,1215353.story] * [[Gene Methvin]], 77, American journalist and magazine editor. [http://www.grady.uga.edu/resources.php?al1=Resources&al2=Grady%20News&page=news2.inc.php%7CID=1343] * [[Winston Riley]], 65, Jamaican reggae musician and producer, complications of shooting. [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Winston-Riley-is-dead] * [[On Sarig]], 85, Israeli children's book author. [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4178316,00.html] (Hebrew) * [[Errol Scorcher]], 55, Jamaican reggae [[DJ]], ruptured blood vessel. [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Errol-Scorcher-dies-in-hospital-_10602334] * [[Richard Sheirer]], 65, American public servant, officer-in-charge of the [[rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks]], pulmonary edema. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/nyregion/richard-j-sheirer-official-in-charge-of-sept-11-rescues-dies-at-65.html?_r=1&hpw] * [[Gilbert Temmerman]], 83, Belgian politician, [[Belgian Federal Parliament|MP]] (1971–1989), [[List of mayors of Ghent|Mayor]] of [[Ghent]] (1989–1994), [[Minister of State (Belgium)|Minister of State]]. [http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=BLBST_20120119_002] (Dutch) ===[[January 18|18]]=== * [[Karen Brazell]], 73, American professor and translator of Japanese. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theithacajournal/obituary.aspx?n=karen-brazell&pid=155547654] * [[Tom Cowie]], 89, British entrepreneur. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-16638345] * [[Thérèse Delpech]], 63, French nuclear proliferation expert, apparent heart attack. [http://cns.miis.edu/activities/120118_therese_delpech_passing.htm] * [[Ray Finch]], 97, British studio potter. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jan/31/ray-finch-obituary/print] * [[Mel Goldstein]], 66, American television meteorologist ([[WTNH]]), multiple myeloma. [http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/connecticut/dr-mel-passes-away-at-66] * [[Karl Hofmann]], 85, German politician, Member of Parliament for [[Coburg (district)|Coburg]] (1965–1973). [http://www.np-coburg.de/lokal/coburg/coburgland/Mahner-und-steitbarer-Politiker-Karl-Hofmann-ist-tot;art83421,1873135] (German) * [[Georg Lassen]], 96, German naval officer, World War II U-boat commander. [http://uboat.net/men/lassen.htm] * [[Giuseppe Vedovato]], 99, Italian politician. [http://www.blitzquotidiano.it/politica-italiana/consiglio-europa-morto-giuseppe-vedovato-1087371/] (Italian) * [[Michihiro Yamaki]], 78, Japanese businessman, founder of [[Sigma Corporation]]. [http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/01/27/Michihiro_Yamaki_Sigma_founder_dies] * [[Yevgeny Zharikov]], 70, Russian film actor (''[[Ivan's Childhood]]''), cancer. [http://kommersant.ru/doc/1853438] (Russian) ===[[January 17|17]]=== * [[Ernie Alexander]], 78, American politician, member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] (2000–2008). [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=ernest-joseph-alexander-ernie&pid=155541976] * [[Colin Campbell (Canadian bishop)|Colin Campbell]], 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish|Antigonish]] (1986–2002). [http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/former-bishop-of-antigonish-dies-after-long-illness-at-the-age-of-80-137583713.html] * [[Aengus Fanning]], 69, Irish journalist, editor of the ''[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]'', cancer. [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0117/breaking29.html] * [[Harold Ghosh]], 75, Indian cricketer. [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/549954.html] * [[Julius Meimberg]], 95, German [[Luftwaffe]] [[flying ace]], recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]. [http://saladeguerra.blogspot.com/2012/01/nota-de-falecimento-julius-meimberg.html] (Portuguese) * [[Johnny Otis]], 90, American R&B singer-songwriter. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-johnny-otis-20120119,0,2183487.story] * [[Piet Römer]], 83, Dutch actor (''[[Baantjer]]''). [http://nos.nl/artikel/331420-acteur-piet-romer-83-overleden.html] (Dutch) * [[Mohamed Rouicha]], 61, Moroccan folk singer. [http://www.demainonline.com/2012/01/17/le-chanteur-amazigh-mohamed-rouicha-est-mort/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=le-chanteur-amazigh-mohamed-rouicha-est-mort] (French) * [[R. W. Schambach]], 85, American evangelist, heart failure. [http://www.cbs19.tv/story/16545641/tyler-based-evangilist-rw-shambach-dies] * [[Marty Springstead]], 74, American [[Major League Baseball]] umpire, heart attack. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/sports/baseball/marty-springstead-managers-bane-as-al-umpire-dies-at-74.html] * [[Keizaburō Yamaguchi]], 83, Japanese art historian ([[Rissho University]]), heart failure. [http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/120117/art12011717150004-n1.htm] (Japanese) ===[[January 16|16]]=== *[[Jimmy Castor]], 71, American funk and R&B saxophonist ("[[Troglodyte (Cave Man)]]"), heart failure. [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/01/17/145356963/jimmy-castor-funk-bandleader-has-died] *[[Mike Current]], 66, American football player ([[Denver Broncos]], [[Miami Dolphins]], [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]), apparent suicide by gunshot. [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120116/UPDATE/120116031/Former-NFL-player-dies-apparent-suicide-Polk-Co-] *[[Norman W. Edmund]], 95, American businessman, founder of [[Edmund Scientific Corporation]]. [http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-22/news/30653052_1_lenses-camden-county-satellite-spotting] *[[Sigursteinn Gíslason]], 43, Icelandic footballer and manager. [http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?id=120152] (Icelandic) *[[Pierre Goubert]], 96, French historian. [http://lci.tf1.fr/filnews/france/deces-de-l-historien-pierre-goubert-a-l-age-de-96-ans-6945546.html] (French) *[[Tatsuya Hashi]], 74, Japanese comedian, pneumonia. [http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/120119/ent12011923280021-n1.htm] (Japanese) *[[Lorna Kesterson]], 86, American newspaper editor and journalist (''[[Henderson Home News]]''), Mayor of [[Henderson, Nevada]] (1985–1993). [http://www.lvrj.com/news/former-henderson-mayor-lorna-kesterson-dies-at-86-137520798.html] *[[Gustav Leonhardt]], 83, Dutch harpsichordist and conductor. [http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/01/very-sad-news-early-music-pioneer-has-died.html] <!-- P -->*[[Juan Carlos Pérez López (footballer born 1945)|Juan Carlos Pérez López]], 66, Spanish footballer. [http://www.esport3.cat/noticia/1553072/futbol/Mor-Juan-Carlos-Perez-Lopez-el-capita-del-Barca-que-va-guanyar-la-Lliga-de-lany-1974] (Spanish) *[[David Phiri]], 74, Zambian businessman, Governor of the [[Bank of Zambia]]. [http://www.lusakatimes.com/2012/01/16/bank-zambia-governor-david-phiri-died/] *[[Valentin Rusantsov]], 72, Russian hierarch, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012). [http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=english&id=422] *[[The Senator (tree)|The Senator]], American [[pond cypress]], [[List of oldest trees|world's fifth oldest known tree]], fire. [http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1211053.ece] ===[[January 15|15]]=== *[[Mika Ahola]], 37, Finnish [[enduro]] rider, motorcycle crash. [http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorsport/2012/01/16/motorcycling-mourns-the-death-of-enduro-world-champion-mika-ahola-115875-23702750/] *[[Richard Bader]], 80, Canadian quantum chemist. [http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/component/content/article/1-latest-news/352-the-passing-of-richard-bader] *[[Ed Derwinski]], 85, American politician, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[United States congressional delegations from Illinois|Illinois]] (1959–1983); [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] (1989–1992), [[merkel cell carcinoma]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/edward-j-derwinski-first-secretary-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-dies/2012/01/18/gIQA5IlL9P_story.html] * [[Claes Egnell]], 95, Swedish sport shooter and Olympic silver medal-winning ([[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]) pentathlete. [http://www.dt.se/familjvanner/dodsfallbegravningar/dodsfall/1.4290543-claes-egnell-har-avlidit] (Swedish) *[[Manuel Fraga Iribarne]], 89, Spanish politician, [[President of the Xunta of Galicia]] (1990–2005), founder of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]], heart failure. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16570637] *[[Robert Freer]], 88, British military officer, Deputy Commander of [[RAF Strike Command]] (1978–1980). [http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/144207/freer] *[[Carlo Fruttero]], 85, Italian writer. [http://www.corriere.it/cultura/12_gennaio_15/fruttero-morte_71c8cbe6-3fa0-11e1-8779-a112fb36ee96.shtml] (Italian) *[[Yevgeny Ginzburg]], 66, Russian television director, stroke. [http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lenta/2012/01/15/n_2166393.shtml] (Russian) *[[Ben Hana]], 54, New Zealand vagrant. [http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6260217/Wellingtons-Blanket-Man-Ben-Hana-dies] *[[Eisuke Hinode]], 70, Japanese politician, member of the [[House of Councillors]], gall bladder cancer. [http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0116/TKY201201160414.html] *[[Eduard Ivanov]], 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion. [http://news.rambler.ru/12451431/] (Russian) *[[Samuel Jaskilka]], 92, American Marine Corps general, pneumonia. [http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Ansonia-native-Gen-Samuel-Jaskilka-dies-2796869.php] *[[Matteo La Grua]], 97, Italian priest and exorcist. [http://www.canicattiweb.com/2012/01/17/e-morto-a-palermo-padre-matteo-la-grua-decano-degli-esorcisti-e-teologo/] (Italian) *[[Michael Mussa]], 67, American economist, heart failure.[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/business/michael-mussa-adviser-to-reagan-on-economy-dies-at-67.html] *[[Samuel B. Nunez, Jr.]], 81, American politician, President of the [[Louisiana State Senate]] (1983–1988; 1990–1996). [http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120116/NEWS01/120116005/Former-La-Senate-President-Sammy-Nunez-dies] *[[Fumio Nunoya]], 64, Japanese rock and roll singer, cerebral hemorrhage. [http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2012/01/20/kiji/K20120120002467390.html] (Japanese) *[[Ib Spang Olsen]], 90, Danish cartoonist and author, recipient of the [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]]. [http://politiken.dk/kultur/ECE1509741/tegneren-ib-spang-olsen-er-doed/] (Danish) *[[Chris Pavlou]], 72, Australian football player. [http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/127902/default.aspx] *[[Rafael Rincón González]], 89, Venezuelan musician. [http://www.rnv.gov.ve/noticias/?act=ST&f=29&t=174328] (Spanish) *[[Jack Roberts (climber)|Jack Roberts]], 58, American [[rock climbing|climber]], fall. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087786/Legendary-ice-climber-Jack-Roberts-dies-heart-attack-plunging-60ft.html] *[[Hiromi Sakai]], 27, Japanese speedway racer, accident during practice. [http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-motorsports/20120116/Racing-Japanese-Death/] *[[Hulett C. Smith]], 93, American politician, [[Governor of West Virginia]] (1965–1969). [http://www.statejournal.com/story/16528423/former-governor-smith-dies-in-scottsdale] *[[Peter Veness]], 27, Australian journalist, brain cancer. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-16/peter-veness-tributes/3774310?section=act] *[[Homai Vyarawalla]], 98, Indian photojournalist, first Indian woman to work as a photojournalist. [http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentId=10831740&programId=1073754912&tabId=13] ===[[January 14|14]]=== *[[Janey Buchan]], 85, Scottish politician, [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for [[Glasgow (European Parliament constituency)|Glasgow]] (1979–1994). [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/former-glasgow-mep-janey-buchan-dies.1326733121] *[[Mircea Ciumara]], 68, Romanian politician, [[Ministry of Public Finance (Romania)|Minister of Finance]] (1996–1997), cancer. [http://www.mediafax.ro/social/mircea-ciumara-fostul-ministrul-taranist-a-murit-9146903] (Romanian) *[[Marv Davidov]], 80, American peace activist ([[Honeywell Project|The Honeywell Project]]). [http://www.startribune.com/local/137350833.html] *[[Ekuikui IV]], 98, Angolan king of [[Bailundo]], disease. [http://allafrica.com/stories/201201200182.html] *[[Dan Evins]], 76, American entrepreneur, founder of [[Cracker Barrel Old Country Store]]. [http://www.newschannel5.com/story/16525580/cracker-barrels-founder-dan-evins-dies-at-76] *[[Robbie France]], 52, British drummer ([[Skunk Anansie]], [[Diamond Head]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]]), ruptured aorta. [http://gunshyassassin.com/news/ex-ufo-skunk-anansie-drummer-dead-at-52/] *[[Ritsuo Horimoto]], 76, Japanese baseball player ([[Yomiuri Giants]]), pneumonia. [http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2012011600600] (Japanese) *[[Charles Howard (Marist Brother)|Charles Howard]], 87, Australian Roman Catholic leader, Superior General of the [[Marist Brothers]] (1985–1993). [http://www.joeys.org/newspublicationsevents/news/BrCharlesHoward.cfm ] *[[Pearse Hutchinson]], 84, Irish broadcaster and writer, member of [[Aosdána]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0115/hutchinsonp.html] *[[Arfa Karim]], 16, Pakistani student, world's youngest [[Microsoft Certified Professional]] (2004–2008), idiopathic epilepsy seizures. [http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/14/arfa-karim-passes-away-in-lahore.html] *[[Lasse Kolstad]], 90, Norwegian actor. [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.7954048] (Norwegian) *[[Curt Meyer-Clason]], 101, German writer and translator. [http://www.kuvi.de/news/26552_uebersetzer-curt-meyer-clason-gestorben.html] (German) *[[Antonio Mistrorigo]], 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Treviso|Treviso]] (1958–1988). [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmistr.html] *[[Pilar Montero]], 90, American bar owner. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/nyregion/pilar-montero-bar-owner-and-link-to-brooklyns-seafaring-past-dies-at-90.html?ref=obituaries] *[[Giampiero Moretti]], 71, Italian racing driver, winner of the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] (1998), founder of [[Momo (company)|Momo]]. [http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/14614/addio-a-giampiero-moretti-il-pilota-gentleman-del-cavallino] (Italian) *[[Kaoru Nishimoto]], 88, Japanese [[shogi]] player, pneumonia. [http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0115/OSK201201150015.html] (Japanese) *[[Mila Parély]], 94, French actress. [http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2012/01/16/03002-20120116ARTFIG00551-mila-parely-doyenne-de-la-regle-du-jeu-est-morte.php] (French) *[[Finn Pedersen]], 86, Danish rower. [http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Oevrig_sport/2012/01/16/170834.htm] (Danish) *[[Lesley Strathie|Dame Lesley Ann Strathie]], 56, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to [[HM Revenue and Customs]] (2008–2011), cancer. [http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3330234/former-hmrc-chief-lesley-strathie-dies] *[[Txillardegi]], 82, Basque writer and politician. [http://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/20120114/mas-actualidad/cultura/muere-txillardegi-escritor-fundo-nombre_201201141442.html] (Spanish) *[[Rosy Varte]], 88, French actress. [http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/rosy-varte-est-decedee-adieu-maguy-15-01-2012-1812497.php] (French). *[[Zelemkhan Zangiyev]], 37, Russian footballer. [http://www.stav.kp.ru/online/news/1060487/] (Russian) ===[[January 13|13]]=== *[[Anton Blom]], 87, Norwegian journalist. [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10075506] (Norwegian) *[[Rauf Denktaş]], 87, Cypriot politician, founder and first president of the [[Northern Cyprus|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]], multiple organ failure. [http://www.todayszaman.com/news-268555-founder-of-turkish-cyprus-rauf-denktas-dies-at-age-87.html] *[[Guido Dessauer]], 96, German paper engineer and art collector. [http://www.main-netz.de/nachrichten/region/aschaffenburg/aschaffenburg-stadt/berichte/art4011,1958048] (German) *[[Dilys Elwyn-Edwards]], 93, Welsh composer. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-16609183] *[[Morgan Jones (actor)|Morgan Jones]], 83, American actor (''[[The Blue Angels (TV series)|The Blue Angels]], [[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''). [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049807] *[[Lefter Küçükandonyadis]], 86, Turkish Olympic footballer ([[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]]) and coach, pneumonia. [http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/19680175.asp] (Turkish) <!--L-->*[[Oscar Valentín Leal Caal]], 41, Guatemalan politician, [[Congress of Guatemala|Congressman]] (since 2008), shot. [http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/world/gallery/Guatemalan-congressman-killed-35667/photo-2058169.php] *[[Armand Mercier]], 78, American politician. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lowellsun/obituary.aspx?n=armand-p-mercier&pid=155505472] *[[Miljan Miljanić]], 81, Serbian football player, coach and administrator. [http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Domaci-fudbal/208610/Preminuo-Miljan-Miljanic] *[[Abdollah Mojtabavi]], 87, Iranian wrestler. [http://iawf.ir/Content/Content.aspx?Mode=1&PageCode=28093] (Persian) *[[Andrea Schenck]], 55, American actress (''[[All My Children]]''), drowned. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/twincities/obituary.aspx?n=andrea-rosemary-murphy-moar-schenck&pid=155551178] *[[Richard Threlkeld]], 74, American reporter ([[CBS News]]), traffic collision. [http://easthampton.patch.com/articles/highway-closed-in-amagansett-after-bad-accident] *[[William Robert Wright]], 76, American biographer and politician, Chairman of the [[Utah Republican Party]] (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease. [http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/53298243-90/utah-wright-gop-bob.html.csp] *[[Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski]], 76, Polish journalist. [http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,791387-Nie-zyje-Andrzej-Krzysztof-Wroblewski.html] (Polish) ===[[January 12|12]]=== *[[Sadao Bekku]], 89, Japanese composer, pneumonia. [http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/b/s/sadao-bekku.htm] *[[Glenda Dickerson]], 66, American theatre director. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/WashingtonPost/obituary.aspx?n=Glenda-Dickerson&pid=155652701] *[[Reginald Hill]], 75, British crime writer (''[[Dalziel and Pascoe]]''). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/acclaimed-crime-writer-reginald-hill-dies-6289346.html] *[[Natalee Holloway]], 18 (in 2005), American student, missing since 2005. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/12/justice/alabama-natalee-holloway/index.html?hpt=hp_t3] ([[Death in absentia|declared legally dead on this date]]) *[[Bill Janklow]], 72, American politician, [[South Dakota Attorney General|Attorney General]] (1975–1979) and [[Governor of South Dakota]] (1979–1987, 1995–2003); [[List of United States Representatives from South Dakota|U.S. Representative]] (2003–2004), brain cancer. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-01-12/obit-bill-janklow/52517922/1] *[[Shiv Kumari of Kotah]], 95, Indian Hindu royal. [http://www.rajasthanpatrika.com/news/kota/1132012/kota-news/270540] *[[MS-1 (wrestler)|MS-1]], 55, Mexican professional wrestler, car accident. [http://superluchas.net/2012/01/12/descanse-en-paz-pablo-fuentes-reyna-ms-1/] (Spanish) *[[Charles H. Price II]], 80, American businessman and diplomat. [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57358989/charles-price-ambassador-under-reagan-dies-at-80/] *[[Hannes Råstam]], 56, Swedish journalist. [http://www.svd.se/kultur/josefsson-minns-vannen-hannes-rastam_6764727.svd] (Swedish) *[[Rosalind Runcie]], 79, British pianist, widow of [[Robert Runcie]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/9014245/Lady-Runcie.html] *[[Jim Stanley]], 76, American football coach ([[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State Cowboys]]), cancer. [http://www.newson6.com/story/16506447/former-osu-football-coach-jim-stanley] ===[[January 11|11]]=== * [[Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan]], 32, Iranian nuclear scientist, car bomb. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16501566] * [[Richard Bruno]], 87, American costume designer (''[[Raging Bull]]'', ''[[Goodfellas]]''), kidney failure. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201201161658reedbusivarietynvr1118048700jan16,0,4406811.story] * [[Frank Cook]], 76, British politician, MP for [[Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton North]] (1983–2010), lung cancer. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-16503556] *[[Bohumil Golián]], 81, Slovak Olympic silver ([[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]) and bronze ([[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]) medal-winning volleyball player. [http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=33429&Language=en] * [[Gilles Jacquier]], 43, French journalist, 2003 recipient of the [[Albert Londres Prize]], grenade attack. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16516135] * [[Edgar Kaiser]], 69, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, owner of the [[Denver Broncos]] (1981–1984). [http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19743325] * [[V. Madhusudhan Rao]], 94, Indian film director. [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/veteran-film-director-passes-away/220055-60-121.html] *[[Wally Osterkorn]], 83, American basketball player. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=walter-r-osterkorn&pid=155460624] *[[Steven Rawlings]], 49, British astrophysicist. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/13/oxford-professor-steven-rawlings-wife] * [[Colm Tucker]], 59, Irish rugby union player. [http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2012/0111/tuckerc.html] *[[David Whitaker (composer)|David Whitaker]], 80, English composer and songwriter. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9042339/David-Whitaker.html] ===[[January 10|10]]=== *[[Fred Bateman]], 74, American economic historian. [http://eh.net/content/fred-bateman-obituary] *[[Alfonso de Bourbon]], 83, American claimant of Spanish royalty, traffic accident. [http://utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/11/body-found-behind-la-jolla-market/] *[[Azeem Daultana]], 32, Pakistani politician, Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]], road accident. [http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/10/mna-azeem-daultana-dies-in-road-accident.html] <!-- F -->* [[José Freire de Oliveira Neto]], 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mossoró|Mossoró]] (1984–2004). [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfreion.html] *[[Vince Gibson]], 78, American college football coach. [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/vince-gibson-former-college-football-coach-146592.html] *[[Jack Heron (basketball)|Jack Heron]], 85, American college basketball coach ([[Sacramento State University]]). [http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/12/4181896/heron-was-longtime-sac-state-coach.html] *[[Kyra T. Inachin]], 43, German historian. [http://www.lampertheimer-zeitung.de/region/lampertheim/11559576.htm] (German) *[[Lila Kaye]], 82, British actress. [http://announce.jpress.co.uk/13802333?s_source=jppo_whg_whg] <!-- see Kaye's talk page for further confirmation given unreliability of this link --> *[[Charles Pawsey (rugby league)|Charlie Pawsey]], 88, English rugby league player. [http://www.cbsport.org/2012/01/rugby-league-legend-charlie-pawsey-dies-88/] (death announced on this date) *[[Jean Pigott]], 87, Canadian politician and businesswoman, MP for [[Ottawa—Carleton]] (1976–1979). [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/01/10/ottawa-jean-pigott-obit.html] *[[Cliff Portwood]], 74, English footballer and singer. [http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10012012/63/vale-legend-portwood-dies.html] *[[Mary Raftery]], 54, Irish journalist (''[[States of Fear]]''). [http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0110/rafterym.html] *[[Takao Sakurai]], 70, Japanese Olympic gold medal-winning ([[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]) boxer, esophageal cancer. [http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/altrisport/2012/01/11/visualizza_new.html_42504491.html] (Japanese) *[[Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II]], 83, Pakistani politician and spiritual leader, heart attack. [http://tribune.com.pk/story/319690/pir-pagara-passes-away-the-political-oracle-goes-silent/] *[[Gevork Vartanian]], 87, Soviet intelligence agent, [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]. [http://english.ruvr.ru/2012/01/11/63677165.html] ===[[January 9|9]]=== *[[Ron Caron]], 82, Canadian ice hockey administrator, General Manager of the [[St. Louis Blues]] (1983–1993, 1996). [http://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/professional/ron-caron-dies-former-blues-gm/article_4827f580-3ba6-11e1-92ca-0019bb30f31a.html] *[[Ernie Carson]], 74, American jazz musician. [http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/67796-rip-ernie-carson/] *[[Brian Curvis]], 74, Welsh boxer, leukaemia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/16469122.stm] (death announced on this date). *[[Alex DeCroce]], 75, American politician, [[New Jersey General Assembly]] [[Minority Leader]] (since 2004). [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/GOP-Assembly-Leader-Dies-in-NJ-Statehouse-136992573.html] *[[Bill Dickie (association football)|Bill Dickie]], 82, Scottish football administrator. [http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/european/motherwell_vice_chairman_bill_dickie_passes_away_1_2046322] *[[Ruth Fernández]], 92, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Senator]] (1973–1981). [http://www.elnuevodia.com/ruthfernandezmuerevictimadeunshocksepticoyneumonia-1161938.html] (Spanish) *[[Bridie Gallagher]], 87, Irish singer. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16470862] *[[Augusto Gansser-Biaggi]], 101, Swiss geologist. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/9050237/Professor-Augusto-Gansser.html] *[[Koizumi Junsaku]], 87, Japanese painter and pottery artist, pneumonia. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120111b3.html] *[[Mae Laborde]], 102, American actress. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=mae-laborde&pid=155438078&fhid=11022] *[[Vern McGrew]], 82, American Olympic athlete. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=vern-mcgrew&pid=155429304] *[[Robert Nelson (filmmaker)|Robert Nelson]], 81, American filmmaker, cancer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/arts/robert-nelson-experimental-filmmaker-dies-at-81.html?ref=obituaries] *[[John Both Puok]], 48, South Sudanese politician. [http://www.sudantribune.com/Unity-state-minister-dies-in-India,41294] *[[Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr.]], 92, Filipino war hero, leukemia. [http://www.catanduanestribune.com/NewsArticle/Detail.aspx?newsID=9059] *[[William G. Roll]], 85, American psychologist and parapsychologist. [http://www.parapsych.org/articles/37/129/obituary_dr_william_g_roll.aspx] *[[Malam Bacai Sanhá]], 64, Guinea-Bissauan politician, [[List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau|President]] (1999–2000; since 2009). [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16473457] *[[Larry Solway]], 83, Canadian radio personality and author. [http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1112473--larry-solway-tv-and-radio-broadcaster-dies-at-83?bn=1] *[[Pyotr Vasilevsky]], 55, Belarusian football player and coach. [http://www.udf.by/news/sport/53396-umer-petr-vasilevskiy-futbolist-zolotogo-sostava-minskogo-dinamo.html] (Russian) *[[Aldo Zenhäusern]], 60, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1976). [http://www.iihf.com/de/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/6355.html?tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=187&cHash=270ce00a12] ===[[January 8|8]]=== *[[Dave Alexander (blues musician)|Dave Alexander]], 73, American blues singer and pianist, suicide. [http://www.ksla.com/story/16473447/legendary-arklatex-musician-found-shot-to-death] *[[Herb Clarke (weatherman)|Herb Clarke]], 84, American television weatherman ([[WCAU-TV]]), [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|NATAS]] Governor's Award winner (2007), Alzheimer's disease. [http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Former-NBC-10-Weatherman-Herb-Clarke-Dies-136915818.html] *[[Glenn Cox]], 80, American baseball player ([[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]]). [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/redbluffdailynews/obituary.aspx?n=glenn-cox&pid=155425648 ] *[[Franz Dorfer]], 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976). [http://www2.kleinezeitung.at/sport/mehrsport/2918610/oesterreichs-letzter-em-medaillengewinner-dorfer-gestorben.story] (German) *[[Gunnar Dyrberg]], 90, Danish resistance fighter, head of [[Holger Danske (resistance group)|Holger Danske]] (1943–1945). [http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1501974/kendt-dansk-frihedskaemper-er-doed/] (Danish) *[[T. J. Hamblin]], 68, British haematologist, cancer. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9036815/Terry-Hamblin.html] *[[Dmitry Machinsky]], 74, Russian archaeologist. [http://cogita.ru/news/hronika/umer-dmitrii-alekseevich-machinskii] (Russian) *[[John Madin]], 87, English architect. [http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2012/01/11/john-madin-the-architect-behind-birmingham-central-library-dies-65233-30101182/] *[[Charles Morris (politician)|Charles Morris]], 85, British politician, MP for [[Manchester Openshaw (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Openshaw]] (1963–1983). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/16/charles-morris] *[[Clarence Cullam Pope]], 81, American [[prelate]], Episcopal Bishop of [[Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (Episcopal Church)|Fort Worth]] (1986–1994). [http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/01/09/bishop-pope-dies-in-baton-rouge-surrounded-by-wife-family-2/] *[[Graham Rathbone]], 69, Welsh footballer, dementia. [http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Leader-Town-dies-following-illness/story-14379712-detail/story.html] *[[Alexis Weissenberg]], 82, Bulgarian-born French pianist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/music/alexis-weissenberg-pianist-of-fire-and-ice-dies-at-82.html] ===[[January 7|7]]=== *[[Ibrahim Aslan]], 77, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, heart failure. [http://arablit.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/rest-in-peace-ibrahim-aslan/] *[[Tony Blankley]], 63, British-born American conservative commentator, newspaper editor and child actor, stomach cancer. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/8/former-times-editorial-page-editor-tony-blankley-d/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS] *[[George Livingston]], 78, American politician, first elected African American mayor of [[Richmond, California]] (1985–1993), diabetes. [http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19696351] *[[Hideaki Nitani]], 81, Japanese actor (''[[Tokyo Drifter]]''), pneumonia. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120109a7.html] *[[Herbert Wilf]], 80, American mathematician. [http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/obits/Herb_Wilf.html] ===[[January 6|6]]=== *[[Louise Gibson Annand]], 96, Scottish artist. [http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_louise_annand_mbe_well_regarded_scottish_artist_teacher_and_president_of_the_j_d_fergusson_foundation_1_2055047] *[[James R. Arnold]], 88, American space scientist. [http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Jim-Arnold-First-Director-of-CA-Space-Institute-Dies-at-88-011612.aspx] *[[Tom Ardolino]], 56, American drummer ([[NRBQ]]). [http://courantblogs.com/sound-check/tom-ardolino-dies-nrbq-drummer/] *[[Roger Boisjoly]], 73, American aerospace engineer, anticipated the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster]], cancer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/roger-boisjoly-73-dies-warned-of-shuttle-danger.html?ref=obituaries] *[[Gabriel Cadis]], 60, Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, stabbed. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4172244,00.html] *[[John Celardo]], 93, American comic strip artist (''[[Tarzan (comics)|Tarzan]]'', ''[[Buz Sawyer]]''). [http://www.silive.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2012/01/john_celardo_93.html] *[[Harry Fearnley (footballer born 1923)|Harry Fearnley]], 88, English footballer. [http://announce.jpress.co.uk/13667427?s_source=jpno_leed] *[[Bob Holness]], 83, South African-born British quiz show host and actor (''[[Blockbusters (UK game show)|Blockbusters]]''). [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16443263] *[[Eleftherios Katsaitis]], 82, Greek-born British [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Orthodox]] hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Archdiocese of Great Britain]] (1987–1994), smothered. [http://www.dete.gr/news.php?article_id=73044] (Greek) *[[W. Francis McBeth]], 78, American composer. [http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/189014/2/DrFrancis-McBeth-Dead-at-78] *[[Frank James McGarr]], 90, American federal district judge. [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-10/news/ct-met-mcgarr-obit-20120110_1_chief-judge-federal-bench-environmental-case] *[[Basil Payne]], 88, Irish poet. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/05/basil-payne] *[[Ellen Pence]], 63, American sociologist and social activist, creator of the [[Duluth model|Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project]], breast cancer. [http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/219229/] *[[Sybil Plumlee]], 100, American teacher and police officer. [http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=132632260832001200] *[[Spike Pola]], 97, Australian football player. [http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/12542575/pola-last-link-with-great-west-perth-team/] *[[Louis Rech]], 85, Italian-born Luxembourgian politician, [[List of mayors of Dudelange|Mayor of Dudelange]] (1985–1993). [http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2012/01/172404/louis-resch-im-alter-von-84-jahren-gestorben.php ] (German) *[[Clive Shell]], 64, Welsh international rugby player. [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/01/06/wales-and-aberavon-scrum-half-clive-shell-dies-aged-64-91466-30074952/] (death announced on this date). ===[[January 5|5]]=== *[[Richard Alf]], 59, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of [[San Diego Comic-Con International]], pancreatic cancer. [http://news.yahoo.com/richard-alf-comic-con-co-founder-dead-59-061228014.html] *[[Selwyn Baptiste]], 75, Trinidadian-born British musician and festival organiser. [http://westminster.londoninformer.co.uk/2012/01/tributes-to-carnival-organiser.html] *[[Don Carter (bowler)|Don Carter]], 85, American professional [[ten-pin bowling|bowler]], complication from pneumonia and emphysema. [http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=other/news/news.aspx?id=4462970] *[[Samson H. Chowdhury]], 86, Bangladeshi businessman. [http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=34898] *[[Idwal Fisher]], 76, Welsh rugby player. [http://www.swansearfc.co.uk/newsarticle.aspx?n=20118] *[[Thelma Forbes]], 101, Canadian politician. [http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-187287/name-Thelma_Forbes/] *[[Hikaru Hayashi]], 80, Japanese composer. [http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0107/TKY201201060748.html] (Japanese) *[[Frank Ackerman Hill]], 92, American U.S. Air Force commander of the 33rd Air Division. [http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/137157793_Frank_Hill__92.html] *[[Frederica Sagor Maas]], 111, American [[silent film]] screenwriter (''[[The Plastic Age (film)|The Plastic Age]]''), playwright, memoirist and author. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-frederica-maas-20120107,0,244921.story] *[[Amit Saigal]], 46, Indian rock magazine publisher, concert promoter and musician, drowned. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Amit-Saigal-passed-away-in-Goa/articleshow/11385934.cms] *[[Alexander Sizonenko]], 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991). [http://spb.kp.ru/online/news/1054534/] (Russian) ===[[January 4|4]]=== *[[Eve Arnold]], 99, American photographer. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8995408/American-photographer-Eve-Arnold-dies-aged-99.html] *[[Ruben Ayala (American politician)|Ruben Ayala]], 89, American politician, [[California State Senator]] (1974–1998), first elected Mayor of [[Chino, California]] (1964–1966). [http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/duane-gang-headlines/20120105-inland-former-state-sen.-ayala-dies.ece] *[[James F. Crow]], 95, American geneticist. [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/renowned-evolutionary-biologist-and-popular-professor-james-crow-dies-at/article_19a43124-37dc-11e1-9b2f-0019bb2963f4.html] *[[Harry Fowler]], 85, British character actor. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler] *[[Gatewood Galbraith]], 64, American lawyer and author, complications from chronic emphysema. [http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Political_figure_Gatewood_Galbraith_dies_136658088.html] *[[Archibald Glenn|Sir Archibald Glenn]], 100, Australian industrialist, Chancellor of [[La Trobe University]]. [http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=155350647] *[[Kerry McGregor]], 37, British singer and reality contestant ''([[The X Factor (UK series 3)|The X Factor]])'', bladder cancer. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16418035] *[[Robert McKenzie (footballer)|Bobby McKenzie]], 83, Australian football player. [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/demons-mourn-premiership-hero-bobby-mckenzie/story-e6frf9jf-1226236538829] *[[Kalpana Mohan]], 65, Indian actress. [http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-10/news-interviews/30611059_1_harish-shammi-kapoor-freedom-fighter] *[[Carmen Naranjo]], 83, Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist, cancer. [http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={d7b9468d-617b-4641-bf92-d6c59b8cbf65}&type=new] *[[Hisako Ōishi]], 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, respiratory failure. [http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2012/01/134800.html] *[[Rod Robbie]], 83, Canadian architect. [http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1110726--rod-robbie-83-architect-who-designed-skydome-expo-67-pavilion] *[[Xaver Unsinn]], 82, German Olympic ice hockey player and coach. [http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/wintersport/xaver-unsinn-mister-eishockei-ist-tot-11593382.html] (German) *[[David Wheeler (stage director)|David Wheeler]], 86, American theatrical director. [http://www.wbur.org/2012/01/05/david-wheeler-remembrance] ===[[January 3|3]]=== *[[Charles W. Bailey]], 81, American journalist and novelist (''[[Seven Days in May]]''), Parkinson's disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/business/media/charles-w-bailey-82-dies-wrote-seven-days-in-may.html] *[[Gene Bartow]], 81, American college basketball coach ([[UAB Blazers men's basketball|UAB]], [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]]), stomach cancer. [http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/01/gene_bartow_father_of_uab_athl.html] *[[Robert L. Carter]], 94, American civil rights activist (''[[Sweatt v. Painter]]'') and judge, complications from a stroke. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/nyregion/robert-l-carter-judge-and-desegregation-strategist-dies-at-94.html] *[[Ray Costict]], 56, American football player ([[New England Patriots]]). [http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/7429590/former-new-england-patriots-linebacker-ray-costict-dead-56] *[[Miguel Couturier]], 61, Mexican actor (''[[Miss Bala]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]]''), cancer. [http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-01-04/muere-el-actor-miguel-couturier] (Spanish) *[[Willi Entenmann]], 68, German football player and coach, heart attack. [http://www.welt.de/sport/article13796734/Ex-Bundesligatrainer-Willi-Entenmann-ist-tot.html] (German) *[[Juan Escudero]], 91, Spanish footballer. [http://www.atleticofans.com/11324/juan-escudero-passes-away/] *[[Selorm Kuadey]], 24, Ukrainian-born English rugby union player ([[Sale Sharks]]). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/16573838.stm] *[[John David Lewis]], 56, American political scientist. [http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/john-david-lewis-a-man-who-lived/] *[[Winifred Milius Lubell]], 97, American illustrator and writer, heart failure. [http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-07/obituaries/30598415_1_harry-sternberg-oral-history-illustrator] *[[Joaquín Martínez]], 81, Mexican-born American actor (''[[Jeremiah Johnson (film)|Jeremiah Johnson]]'', ''[[Die Another Day (film)|Die Another Day]]''), pancreatic cancer. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049342] *[[Osamu Matsubara]], 94, Japanese businessperson, chairman of [[Books Kinokuniya]], heart failure. [http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0103/TKY201201030226.html] (Japanese) *[[Stepan Oshchepkov]], 77, Russian canoeist, Olympic gold medalist ([[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]). [http://news.mail.ru/inregions/fareast/25/7746921/] (Russian) *[[Josef Škvorecký]], 87, Czech writer and publisher, cancer. [http://www.toronto.com/article/708796--czech-dissident-celebrated-author-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto] *[[Miguel Terekhov]], 83, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, complications of lung fibrosis. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/dance/miguel-terekhov-dancer-with-ballets-russes-dies-at-83.html] * [[Jenny Tomasin]], 73 or 75, British actress (''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]''), hypertensive heart disease. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/television/jenny-tomasin-known-as-maid-ruby-finch-on-upstairs-downstairs-dies/2012/01/20/gIQAeUwKnQ_story.html] *[[Wylie Vale]], 70, American endocrinologist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/science/wylie-vale-jr-groundbreaking-endocrinologist-dies-at-70.html?_r=1&hpw] *[[Vicar (comics)|Vicar]], 77, Chilean cartoonist. [http://mythica.cl/wp4/?p=1242] (Spanish) *[[Bob Weston (guitarist)|Bob Weston]], 64, British guitarist and songwriter ([[Fleetwood Mac]]), gastrointestinal hemorrhage. [http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/293830/Fleetwood-Mac-star-dies] (body found on this date) *[[Harold Zirin]], 82, American astronomer. [http://features.caltech.edu/features/295] ===[[January 2|2]]=== *[[Ian Bargh]], 76, British-born Canadian jazz pianist, lung cancer. [http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/67698-ian-bargh-toronto-pianist-rip/] *[[D.W. Barron]], 76, British computer scientist. [http://blogs.ecs.soton.ac.uk/dwb/] *[[Ivan Călin]], 76, Moldovan politician, Acting [[President of the Moldovan Parliament]] (2009). [http://moldnews.md/rus/news/43809] (Russian) *[[William P. Carey]], 81, American businessman ([[W. P. Carey & Co.]]) and philanthropist. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-carey-obit-20120102,0,633578.story] *[[Ioan Drăgan]], 46, Romanian footballer ([[FC Brașov]]), colorectal cancer. [http://www.mediafax.ro/sport/fostul-jucator-al-fc-brasov-ioan-dragan-a-decedat-la-46-de-ani-9122449/] (Romanian) *[[Vivi Friedman]], 44, Finnish film director, cancer. [http://finntimes.com/?p=1723] *[[Silvana Gallardo]], 58, American actress. [http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/05/2016269/silvana-gallardo-actress-who-had.html] *[[Yoshiro Hayashi]], 89, Japanese golfer. [http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/golf/news/f-sp-tp1-20120102-884262.html] (Japanese) *[[Gordon Hirabayashi]], 93, American civil rights activist (''[[Hirabayashi v. United States]]''). [http://blog.angryasianman.com/2012/01/gordon-hirabayashi-1918-2012.html] *[[Jim Huber]], 67, American sports commentator ([[CNN]], [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]]). [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-03/jim-huber-golf-commentator-and-emmy-award-winning-essayist-dies-at-67.html] *[[Anatoly Kolesov]], 73, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964). [http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2012/01/kz_3955169.shtml] (Russian) *[[Howie Koplitz]], 73, American baseball player ([[Detroit Tigers]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Washington Senators]]). [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120105&content_id=26265920&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb ] *[[Helmut Müller-Brühl]], 78, German conductor. [http://aktuell.klassik.com/news/teaser.cfm?ID=9074&nachricht=Dirigent%20Helmut%20M%FCller-Br%FChl%20verstorben] (German) *[[Larry Reinhardt]], 63, American rock guitarist ([[Iron Butterfly]], [[Captain Beyond]]), liver cirrhosis. [http://www.bradenton.com/2012/01/04/3762735/iron-butterfly-captain-beyond.html] *[[Ambjørg Sælthun]], 89, Norwegian politician. [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.7941359] (Norwegian) *[[Paulo Rodrigues da Silva]], 25, Brazilian footballer, car crash. [http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Mundo/Brasil/Interior.aspx?content_id=2223942] (Portuguese) *[[H. Edwin Young]], 94, American economist, Chancellor of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1968–1977). [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/sns-ap-wi--obit-young,0,6369822.story] ===[[January 1|1]]=== *[[Gary Ablett (English footballer)|Gary Ablett]], 46, English footballer ([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]), [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16383027.stm] *[[Bob Anderson (fencer)|Bob Anderson]], 89, British Olympic fencer ([[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]), film fight director and choreographer (''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''). [http://espn.go.com/olympics/fencing/story/_/id/7413351/british-fencer-bob-anderson-darth-vader-stand-star-wars-dies-89] *[[Alfredo Battisti]], 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine|Udine]] (1972–2000). [http://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/cronaca/2012/01/01/news/e-morto-l-arcivescovo-alfredo-battisti-1.3007199] (Italian) *[[Jorge Andrés Boero]], 38, Argentine motorcycle racer, [[Dakar rally]] crash. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16379068] *[[Anders Frandsen]], 51, Danish singer and television presenter. [http://www.bt.dk/krimi/venner-fandt-anders-frandsen-doed] (Danish) *[[Rebecca Fromer]], 84, American historian and writer, co-founder of the [[Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life]]. [http://blog.sfgate.com/inberkeley/2012/01/03/rebecca-fromer-co-founder-of-magnes-museum-dies-at-84/] *[[Kiro Gligorov]], 94, Macedonian politician, first democratically elected [[President of Macedonia|President]] (1991–1999). [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16385730] *[[Jan Groover]], 68 American photographer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/arts/design/jan-groover-postmodern-photographer-dies-at-68.html?ref=obituaries] *[[Hermann Guggiari]], 87, Paraguayan engineer and sculptor. [http://www.paraguay.com/espectaculos/el-arte-de-luto-murio-hermann-guggiari-78584] (Spanish) *[[Frank Horwill]], 84, British athletics coach. [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=63268.html] *[[Ed Jenkins (U.S. politician)|Ed Jenkins]], 78, American politician, [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[United States congressional delegations from Georgia|Georgia]] (1977–1993). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/02/ed-jenkins-dead-dies_n_1179151.html] *[[Nay Win Maung]], 49, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, heart attack. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dr-nay-win-maung-activist-who-attempted-to-accelerate-the-pace-of-reform-in-burma-6284148.html] *[[Fred Milano]], 72, American doo-wop singer ([[The Belmonts]], [[Dion and the Belmonts]]), lung cancer. [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/fred-milano-singer-dion-belmonts-dies-age-72-article-1.999976] *[[Tommy Mont]], 89, American [[college football]] coach and [[National Football League|NFL]] player, heart failure. [http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1800393.html] *[[Marcelle Narbonne]], 113, French [[supercentenarian]], oldest person in Europe. [http://www.midilibre.fr/2012/01/03/la-vice-doyenne-des-francais-decede-a-3-mois-de-son-114e-anniversaire,439021.php] (French) *[[Carlos Soria]], 63, Argentine politician, [[Secretaría de Inteligencia|Secretary of Intelligence]] (2002), Governor of [[Río Negro Province|Río Negro]] (since 2011), shot. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16378555] *[[Yafa Yarkoni]], 86, Israeli singer. [http://www.haaretz.com/culture/legendary-israeli-singer-yafa-yarkoni-dies-at-86-1.404925] {{DEFAULTSORT:2012, Deaths in}} [[Category:2012 deaths|01]] [[el:Θάνατοι τον Ιανουάριο του 2012]] [[fr:Décès en janvier 2012]] [[nl:Lijst van personen overleden in januari 2012]] [[pl:Zmarli w styczniu 2012]] [[pt:Anexo:Mortes em janeiro de 2012]] [[ru:Умершие в январе 2012 года]] [[zh:2012年1月逝世人物列表]]'